Farm-gate.



G. W. MELUN.

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Sreiicefien of Letters Patent. Patented Get. 30, 191.

i n Application led December 13, 191,6. Serial No. 136,704. A

To all wlw/n t may concern.'

Be it known that LGEORG'V. PAULLIN, a citizen of the United States,residing" at atlanta, in the county of Logan and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and n useful improvements in Farm-Gates, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in farm-gates. and among theobjects are the following To provide a gate which can be raised ateither end independently of the other, toraccomplish which it iscomposed of horizontal and vertical slats or bars pivotally connectedtogether;

To provide means for fastening the gate with its free end at anysuitable elevation, whereby to prevent its either lowering or beingraised at that point;

To provide means at both ends for lifting and holding the free or outerend of the gate in its adjusted position.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a view in side elevation;

Fig. 9. is a vertical section through the intersecting points andvertical and horizontal slats; and

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through lone of the hinges.

A and B represent the two gate-posts suitably stationed apart, post Ahaving upturned hooks l and 2 to which the gate is hinged, and post Bhaving pins or studs 2, 9., which afford means for fastening the gate inits closed position, and, if desired, with its free end elevated,thereby holding the free end not only in an elevated position but alsoagainst being raised above that predetermined position.

The gate proper comprises a plurality of vhorizontal slats 4:, 4, andvertical slats 5, 5,

arranged in pairs, between the members of which the horizontal slats arepivotally connected by means of bolts 6, 6, at the intersecting points,in this way providing a gate capable of being raised or lowered ateither end independently of the other, as all parts composing it arepivotally connected by means of the bolts or pins 6, 6. c

V.t is obvious that the vertical slats may be arranged in severaldifferent ways, as for instance, the slats may be arranged on one sideonly, and again some of the slats 5 may be full height of the gateuwhile others are not full height ofthegate; 'Then slats may also bemade of angle irons.

Hinges, preferably comprising eyebolts 7, T, are adjustably connectedwith the pair of vertical slats 5, 5, at the head or hinged end of thegate by passing between said slats and through the holes of metal clipsS, 8, which embrace the opposite edges of the slats, and which are drawntoward each other, as well as the eye-bolts secured in place, by meansof the nuts 9, 9, on said bolts.

In the foregoing way, a very simple and yet effectual type of hinge isprovided, which is easily placed upon the gate hooks as well asadjustable vertically with respect to the gate, so that the head slatsare placed at the required elevation with respect to the surface of theground.

' Als a means of bracing the gate, preferably a two-stranded cable 10 isconnected with the lower outer pivot bolt of the gate, and woundtogether, and made to straddle the pivotal points of vertical andhorizontal slats diagonally from that corner of the gate to the upperhinged corner, where the cable is connected with a. hook or chain 12fastened at the upper hinged end of the gate. By hooking the cable andchain together at any desired point, the elevation of the outer or freeend of the gate may be regulated from that point.

lt is understood that in lieu of the cable 10, l might use parallelstrap irons connected together by bolts between the horizontal slats.

Two chains 13 and la are connected with the free end of the gate to behooked over the pegs or studs 2 to hold that end of the gate elevated,the two chains performing those two functions so that the gate when thusfastened is held against being elevated as well as being lowered beyondthe predetermined point.

In this way, it is possible to allow the smaller stock to pass through,and exclude the larger stock; and also to raise the free end of the gateout of and above snow level in winter'. Also, due to the lazy-tong formof gate comprising horizontal and vertical slats pivotally connectedtogether, either end of the gate may be elevated independently of theother, that is to say while the other end is naenoie one of the pairs ofi'ertieai slats being Vertiealijs adjustable at the hinge oi'1 the gaie,ay tWo-sranded Cable connected 'with the ouier levier pivot of the gateand extending diagonaiiy to the upper end of flie` vertical slats at thehinged end of the O'ate, the strands of the brace embracing che Siate ofthe gate from opposite sides and connected togehe-r at poinstherebetween, and Chains for hooking the outer end of the gate againstbeing raised or lowered.

n testimony whereof E ,affix my signature.

GEORGE W7. PAULLEN.

